Sylvain Cerf

Sylvain Cerf (1771-1797) was a colonel of the French Revolutionary Army during the French Revolutionary Wars. Cerf commanded a regiment of the Armee d'Italie during the 1796 Italian Campaign, serving under Jean Seruier from the Battle of Coni to the disaster at Fano. Cerf was killed when the Papal States annihilated Seruier's army at Fano in 1797.